Community: 5-9 Years Old
Session #6: Balance
Instructor: Kathy Flaminio
Plan Creation Date: 3/10/09
Lesson Plan:
Duration: 45 minutes
Materials:
- Mats
- Name Cards
- Mindful Snack
- Fresh Flowers
- Hoberman sphere
- Blocks
- CD
Activities:
- Welcome: Balance – What things do you have to balance in your life (school, sports, family, friends, chores)? What does it mean to be balanced? What helps you stay balanced?
- Breathing: With Sphere
- Pulse Count with distracters
- Volcano Breath: Send out heart felt thoughts
- Mat 20
- Tree Pose
- Group Tree
- Eagle Pose
- Dancer’s Pose
- Block Creek-3 times- once looking down at the blocks, once looking straight ahead with two partners, once closing your eyes-discussion afterwards
- Relaxation: speak to staying in the present moment helps us stay balanced. Focus on your breath.
- Compliments
- Mindful Snack